Sherritt sweetens Fording offer
Looking to deliver a deathblow in the bidding war for Calgary-based coal producer Fording (FDG-T), the Sherritt Coal Partnership II has boosted the cash component of its $35-per-share bid.The partners…
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Int’l Curator back at Assean Lake
Now that the winter freeze has set in, International Curator Resources (IC-T) is resuming exploration at the Assean Lake gold project in north-central Manitoba.The program is budgeted at $580,000 and …
Research Capital asks: Why pick on Barrick?
In a recent report titled Why is ABX the Lightning Rod on Hedging?, Toronto-based mining analysts Barry Allan and Steven Greene of Research Capital take a timely look at the gold-hedge positions of th…
Black empowerment in South Africa
The past year was momentous for South African mining. The adoption of radical regulations ushers in a non-racial, competitive and socially inclusive era in the industry.It is unrealistic to imagine th…
Cameco, partners buy BE’s Bruce Power interest
The world’s largest uranium producer is adding to its portfolio of downstream uranium assets.Just before the Christmas break, Saskatoon-based Cameco (CCO-T) joined forces with TransCanada PipeLines (T…
Ivanhoe extends Far North Oyu zone
Vancouver — Geophysical surveying of the Turquoise Hill copper-gold project in Mongolia indicates that the Southwest, Central and Far North Oyu zones are all part of one mineralizing system.Ivanhoe M…
Alcoa
A new estimate indicates that the past-producing Macassa mine has a proven and probable reserve of 726,000 tonnes grading 15.4 grams gold per tonne, or 356,300 oz. gold.Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-V) repo…
Iamgold-Repadre merger goes through
Following a positive vote by its shareholders and an order in the Ontario Superior Court, gold royalty company Repadre Capital (RPD-T) has been merged into Iamgold (IMG-T).The friendly merger, agreed …
Resource stocks turn cold in new year
Although still 14% lighter than a year ago, the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index gained a hefty 155.16 points over the Dec. 31-Jan. 7 report period to finish at 6,772.66.Gold nosedived at first,…
Alcoa posts surprise loss
Alcoa (AA-N) posted a fourth-quarter loss of US$223 million after announcing plans to cut 8,000 jobs at 70 locations worldwide. The loss represents US27 per diluted share.By comparison, the company i…
LME Warehouse Levels (January 13, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 7 (change from Dec. 27 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1237275(-12…
AngloGold provides AIDS drugs
AngloGold of South Africa has been administering antiretroviral therapy (ART) to workers suffering from HIV/AIDS.The treatment is the first stage of the project announced by AngloGold and Anglo Americ…